Device for utilizing kerosene for gasolene-engines.



y L WILLENBRING. DEVICE FOR UTILIZING KEROSENE FOR GASOLENE ENGINES.

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Application fi1e 1Ju1y21,1916. Serial No 1mm Lilla-m (if this kllltl t'zirriwl namt'ohl. Tapped into the atm wjaclwt; of the engine.

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pended over the opening ll- 0f t-heusllali 1 f water jzu'kuli of the casing oft-he bngine, "so @105 i JOHN Wmmimm n, 91 RIcH Nn, -'mmnesemcf- 'DEVEFCEJIORMUTILIZINGKEROSENE FOR'GASOLENEENGINESI I i mixture of air; Steam and kerosene-into the I cai hni'etena '7 i Fig.5. 4 IS a (letail wparape -the fifiw -ef plate Valve-10 1 controlling the lllta kfiyOf air into the mixture of Mean-Land kerosene. so yy Fig. 5 is a soctinnal view on linez5 5. of

and: the varlmrvtvr. whi -n is 'conneeted to the c \"lint'lur,-h the pipeihand 2i: plenotesanza exhaust ipe leading: fi mn rho-under part Of tll(-t- \"illl(i(l'. i ilt vxtrvniitvnf which is pro- \i(i.(ti\\'iill the ns-mil Iltllilitt' 5; n-gasoleneamply pipe hauling from any suitable source of suppl (tint shown) and pil'miidei with a valve T for t-nntrnlling the gasolenmis 1 j connected "to the varhnreter. casing i S imms a part" ol' amt sin-rounds theexhaust manifold pipe 4. Him-ell providing a mixnei'tsit that steam l'i'um thewater'jaclwt may enter.

the pipes 27 antl-Lt'i inte tlmcasing 13, 219? in mix with the kvi'osel ewin the ('haii'1ber.!. H or mix with thalwrnf ene as it: OHtCISFthG" chamber 9. A suitable valve iz s mounted i11 116" Tilt} stem 21 is threaded at 22inthfhe the pipe 27 for controlling the supply of steam. The lower end of the casing 1 5 is open and is provided with an annular flange 33 having a lateral eur 314, to which a circular plate having a handle 36 is pivoted by means of a bolt 37. lhe adjacent faces 36 of the flange 33 and the plate 35 are ground, to insure a ground joint, and interposed between the nut 39 of the bolt 37 and the upper face of the ear 3-l is a spring split ring l0, acting to hold the plate valve 35 closely in contact with the under surface of the flange The plate valve 35, by operating the handle 36, maybe opened, to permit the requisite amount of air proportionately to the steam and kerosene, to enter the casing 13. When first starting the engine the charges are drawn from the carburetor responsive to the impulses of the piston of the engine, using gasolene as the fuel. After the engine responds and is under way, the supply of gasolene is cut off by closing the valve 7, then the valves 20 and 32 and the plate valve 35 are opened, as required, so that the combination of kerosene, steam and air may be used as the fuel, the needle valve 17 first having been opened to allow the necessary quantity of kerosene to be injected into the chamber 9, where it mixes with the steam and air and is volatilized by the heat from the exhaust manifold pipe 4. This preheated, 0r volatilized mixture passes through the pipe 10 and into the carburetor, where it is carbureted or carburized and then drawn into the combustion chamber of the engine incident to the impulses of the piston.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a device for utilizing. kerosene for internal combustion engines, the combination of the exhaust manifold and a'casing surrounding the same, of a mixing and volatilizing chamber in the casing, a carbureter, means of communication between the upper part of the chamber and the carbureting chamber of the carburetor, and means for projecting steam, air and kerosene into said chamber, said last named meanscomprising a casing having a chamber for the mixture of steam and air and having communication with the mixing and volatilizing chamber, and provided with a nozzle for injecting kerosene into the mixing and volatilizing chamber, said nozzle having a valve seat, said nozzle having means of communication with the kerosene supply, a needle val ve cooperating with the seat to control the kerosene, said last named using having a valve controlled air intake and provided with a.

pipe including a valve adapted to be connected to the water jacket of the engine for conveying steam into said last named casin 2. In a device for utilizing kerosene for internal combustion engines, the combination with an exhaust manifold, of an elongated tubular casing surrounding and inte gral with the same and having a mixing and volatilizing chamber extending longitudi nally thereof, a carburetor, a pipe of communication between the upper part of said chamber and the *arbnreting chamber of the carbureter, a second casing provided with a chamber for the mixture of air and steam therein, means for introducing kerosene into the mixture of air and steam, a passage of communication between the volatilizing chamber and the air and steam mixing chamber at a point very close to the lower end of the volatilizing chamber, whereby the kerosene is drawn into the vol atilizing chamber by the steam and air so that the heat from the exhaust manifold will act to volatilize the mixture of kerosene, steam and air by the time it reaches the pipe of communication with the carburetor, the second casing having a nozzle extending across the air and steam mixing chamber for injecting kerosene into the passage be tween the two chambers, the second casing having diametrically oppositely disposed steam passage and air intake port on opposite sides of said nozzle, whereby the mix ture of air and steam may be drawn into the volatilizing chamber by the injection of kerosene to said passage, a valve to control the steam passage, a pivoted plate valve to control the air through said port, spring means to hold the plate valve closely to its seat, and a needle valve for controlling kerosene through said nozzle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WILLENBRING. Witnesses i ANTON B. RIELAND, HENRY FLINT. 

